Posts by cwarren6

I highly doubt you gained 2 pounds over a few days unless you ate 6000 calories more than your BMR. Turkey just ain't that much.

Also, try focusing on family more than food. Sure food is a very established tradition in Thanksgiving, but what would food be without family? How can one hate the holidays unless they hate their family? And if that's the case then, sorry, can't help ya.

It's nice that you're providing information for people. Question, though--what are the credentials for that website.

For that matter, what are the credentials for any website, even our own beloved CC?

There are a plethora of tools out there in internet land that one can use to calculate the number of calories one should be consuming. For me, they range from 1500 to 2500. Uhh, that's a big difference.

Which website to trust? That is the question.

Funny you should ask, as I have a handy dandy Starbucks Nutrition Guide with me. A tall brewed coffee is a whopping 5 calories. Splenda? Skim milk? Completely negligible. I have at least a cup a day, hasn't stopped me from losing.

Here's an idea-- tell your creepy stalker ex to piss off and stop google-ing you. That's weird/creepy. Why do you keep changing everything just because he can see? Equally, who cares if he can see what you're posting on cc? I assume you're over him--why do you care? I just don't see why you keep going out of your way to change your profile, etc. when dude is a creep. Forget about him.

I just ate a burger at a restaurant last week for the first time in at least 3 months (probably more like 5 or 6... I can't even remember??) and I loved it, it was delicious (blue cheese, my favorite!) but then I got an allergic reaction when I was working out at the gym afterwards. I hadn't had beef since the last time I had had a hamburger (no desire, I guess...) so I really think it was that my body wasn't used to the grease and perhaps the burger was poorly prepared, who knows. It was crazy, though... all the grease sat so awful on my stomach, and I used to be able to down those bad boys like no body's business! I guess my body has different plans, now. (But I won't ever be able to give up blue cheese burgers! Even if they do make me have an allergic reaction!)

I just put some up in my gallery... they're labelled before/after if you scroll over them (if you can't tell...haha). There's a 50 pound difference so I'd like to think you can tell. :P

I agree with jenningermany... I don't think it's a jealousy thing, as she is the older, motherly type (my friend, however, is most assuredly jealous, as she goes out of her way to tear me down at any chance possible and that was even before the weight loss...but that's another thread entirely). People just have no clue what healthy is anymore. And comments like the "skin and bones don't look attractive" really make me angry because I'm pretty sure there is no one out there who would say models in health magazines look unhealthy or unattractive. Pudgy is the norm. Anything less must be unhealthy, especially if it comes off so quick.

I also agree kukua in that it probably is because she saw me 50 pounds ago. People don't even recognize me anymore, so this new, half-of-me, looks unnatural to them, especially since I've been overweight my entire life.

Next weekend: I go home to see the relatives whom I haven't seen since December (grandparents, too...). I'm bracing myself for the bombardment of being called too skinny. But hey... it's the first time in my life this situation has occured, and if this is the price I have to pay, so be it. I'm okay with that.

I think, when choosing the person you'd like to spend the rest of your life with, it's important not to rely soley upon your heart, nor soley upon your head. If you rely on one without the consultation of the other, it's only going to end in resentment and disaster.

That's why if you think that in this relationship your heart just isn't into it, you should reconsider. Granted, out of the two, I would think the heart would follow the decision of the head (ie physical attraction follows attraction based on deeper levels), but it sounds like that hasn't been the case with you.

I think the key is you need both for a happy successful relationship. One without the other is cheating yourself and the other person.

1- I like your taste in music.

2- I'm a college student, too, and can very much relate to the stress.

3- About 6 months to a year ago I started developing the very same symptoms with breathing you're describing. It was actually around the time I first started working out. When I was ten I was "diagnosed" with exercise induced asthma and I thought it was that again so I went to an asthma specialist. They gave me some meds and some inhalers, all of which did absolutely nothing. I would have problems breathing when I was exercising, at night, after eating... seemed random. But it was never bad enough that I felt like I needed to go to the ER or anything... even when I was running I would just push through it. I did the yawning thing, too. At any rate, my asthma doctor finally gave me some acid reflux medicine and... oh my god!... it worked like a charm. Seeing as how you say you know you have a problem with that, I'd venture to guess that's it. Funny, too, because I've discovered the main trigger of said problems is overwhelming stress. As such, I've taken up yoga and made concious efforts to chill the **** out when I get overwhelmed. It still pops up now and then, but  nothing like it used to. Hope that helps!

Just adding to the chicken salad idea:

I put in non-fat plain yogurt instead of mayo (and it tastes exquisite!), dried cranberries, a little walnuts or almonds, grapes, celery, paprika, and a little bit of curry and red pepper, cuz I like it spicy! I have the recipe on CC if you look for "cwarren" under "Recipes". It's quite delicious and it's only like, 150 calories per serving. Add that to a couple slices of whole wheat bread you're lookin at less than 300 calories for a great, satisfying lunch!

The science isn't rubbish at all, but the media portraying it is. I'm at uni so I have the privilege of looking up papers such as this (the title is "UCP2 mediates ghrelin's action on NPY/AgRP neurons by lowering free radicals", by the way... no mention of "killer carbs"...) and though I admit neuroscience is way beyond the scope of my field, the thing with science like this is that it's unimaginably complicated. That media article is as gross an oversimplification as you can possibly find. Not to mention it's been sensationalized. You also have to keep in mind that the scientists are testing for results. So they're not looking at what people normally consume, they injecting elevated levels of the test substance into mice and looking at what happens, which is a very common thing to do in science. That's why to bring it over to humans and say "ALL CARBS WILL KILL YOU" (thanks for that title...) is a little bit beyond ridiculous. Umm, maybe if you eat 100% carbs every day all the time? But we all know that's unhealthy anyway. There is a possibility that eating an increased amount of carbs and sugars like glucose will have negative effects on your appetite-surpressing cells, because that's what they observed in mice (and although it is definitely accepted that mice are very similiar to humans physiologically, there are still differences that one must take into consideration).

So long story short: Don't believe everything the media tells you; read the science yourself and come up with your own conclusion. And also, everything in moderation remains the golden rule.

Well as much as everyone loves to jump on the "starvation mode" band wagon here at CC, here's some alternative advice in case maybe, just maybe, that's not what's going on. I've lost about the same amount as you have (40 lbs since around November) and I have found huge spikes in weight loss when I switch up my routine. Perhaps you should focus more on strength than cardio, now that you've lost a significant amount of weight. Or perhaps you should use a steep incline when you're running if you haven't. Or perhaps you should vary your caloric intake now and then. Just something that will make your body go "Yo... wtf is going on?!" I find it helps a lot.

As far as wanting to take naps, I mean, I don't know how old you are, but I do that, too, and I'm pretty sure it's just cuz I'm in my early twenties. I could sleep till noon if I let myself. And I've only experienced the runner's high a few times after like, 3 or 4 miles of solid running. It takes a long time to kick in, obviously, because that's what your body evolved to do: make sure you can keep running if you need to (you know, in case there's a saber tooth tiger running after you and all).

But, yeah, I think if you don't find success with upping your calories, or simply don't like the thought of eating like, 1600 calories a day, you should try this. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't. Let us know. Good luck!

PS:

I work out as much as you do, and I eat as much as you do, if not sometimes less, and my body is not in starvation mode. In fact I'm gaining muscle. Just thought I'd throw that little anecdote in. Do with it what you will. :)

Haha funny this thread should pop up, because my boyfriend and I just had a Sugar-free Jell-O extravaganza over the weekend! We bought like, 5 different flavors, and added diet soda or carbonated water to some of them, combined the cherry and the lime flavors, blah blah blah, and put them into little cups so they were like Jello shots minus the alcohol. Then we'd snack on them for the next 4 or 5 days and they're great!

I really like the rice puddings though. They're only 70 calories and they're deliciously amazing.

I still think of Bill Cosby whenever I eat any of these though... I dunno if it's funny or just kinda creepy...

I agree with morrighu... you'll only set yourself up for disappointment if you aim for 20 pounds in 27 days. It took me nearly 3 months to lose 20 pounds. Also, losing weight won't magically make you feel better about yourself... sure, it helps to think you look better and like what you see in the mirror, but there is so much more to it. If you're serious about losing weight and gaining confidence then the only thing that works is eating healthy and excercising regularly. (I mean, just try to count how many times people have said that on this website in all the forums... clearly it's the only thing that actually works, or else people would be raving about *insert fad diet*). But at any rate, you shouldn't set such unrealistic goals for yourself and you should realize that no matter what you weigh, beauty comes from the inside.